Refining Pills
"What a pity about Heavenly Python Lake."
"Although we have captured the city, we have no way to defend it."
Seeing everyone happily dividing up the treasures, Jiang Linglong said with some regret.
Chen Nianzhi's eyes flickered slightly, revealing a look of regret. Although Heavenly Python Lake was Tier 4 Spirit Vein and also had Fourth-Order Water Vein, making it extremely rich in resources, its location was very awkward.
Centered on Heavenly Python Lake, to the northeast lies the territory of the Earth Lion Demon King in the Earth Lion Ridge Demon Yuan Mountain, to the southwest lies the territory of the Demon Yuan Demon King in the Demon Yuan Mountain, and to the north lies the Great Kun River, which stretches for two Great Kun River and contains the territories of several Demon King.
The nearest mountain behind them Heavenly Ruins Mountain, is a full 400,000 li away, making it difficult to provide support should an emergency occur.
If the Azure Sun Sect hadn't lost Jiaoyang Mountain Beast Turmoil, things would have been fine. But now, the Blue-Maned Lion Demon King is entrenched in Jiaoyang Mountain and could threaten Heavenly Ruins Mountain at any time.
Without Jiang Linglong in charge, and with Yan Ziji unable to hold the rear for Jiang Linglong indefinitely, Heavenly Ruins Mountain was simply unable to withstand the attack of the Golden Core realm Demon King.
In this situation, guarding Heavenly Python Lake alone is nothing more than courting death.
Jiang Linglong had no choice but to abandon Heavenly Python Lake, loot the treasures in the lake, and then retreat to Heavenly Ruins Mountain.
Thinking of this, Chen Nianzhi smiled and comforted him, "This method was able to kill the Heavenly Python Demon King and severely damage the power of the Demon Race. We can already consider ourselves to have won a great victory."
"As for Heavenly Python Lake, once our cultivation is stronger and we have one or two more Golden Core realm cultivators, we will be able to completely take it over sooner or later."
Jiang Linglong nodded, a slight smile on her face, and said, "Cultivate diligently, and perhaps one day you'll be able to conquer both Heavenly Python Lake and Earth Lion Ridge in one fell swoop."
A group of people spent several days looting most of the treasures in Heavenly Python Lake, and then flew to Heavenly Ruins Mountain on their swords.
Before leaving, Chen Nianzhi brought more than a dozen Azure-Spirit Clam from the Ren-Water Earth Vein, intending to take them back to see if they could be bred.
This Azure-Spirit Clam is a specialty of the Ren-Water Earth Vein in Heavenly Python Lake. It is born by absorbing the Qi and Spiritual Qi Ren-Water Essence, and both its flesh and pearls are excellent cultivation treasures.
However, for their population to fully proliferate, a large amount of Ren-Water Essence is still needed, and it is generally best to have Ren-Water Earth Vein.
Chen Nianzhi felt that Spirit Isle Lake stretched for hundreds of miles, was shrouded by Third-Order Spirit Vein, and had abundant Ren-Water Essence, so it should be worth trying to reproduce a small number of them.
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Twenty-odd days later, the group returned to Heavenly Ruins Mountain.
Upon arriving at Heavenly Ruins Mountain, Jiang Linglong said, "I need to go into seclusion to break through to the Golden Core realm stage this time, so I'll put the matter of refining the Foundation-Building Pill on hold for now."
"Come find me after I emerge from seclusion."
No one objected, because once Jiang Linglong broke through to the Golden Core realm, her Law Power would greatly increase, and the time required to refine the Foundation-Building Pill would be greatly reduced, and the success rate would also increase by 10% to 20%.
After everyone had taken their leave, Chen Nianzhi stayed behind. Looking at the stunning beauty before him, he couldn't help but feel happy for her and asked, "How long will it take to break through to the Golden Core realm this time?"
"This period of seclusion to replenish my Spirit Root will probably take another three years." Jiang Linglong looked at the white-robed man before her, a smile playing on her lips, and said without hiding anything, "Once my Spirit Root is replenished, I will be absolutely certain of breaking through to the Golden Core realm stage."
"Three years?"
Chen Nianzhi nodded, then said, "Then I'll come find you again three years from now, before you break through to the Golden Core realm."
Jiang Linglong looked at him, her bright eyes shining like stars in the sky, but in the end she didn't ask any more questions.
She did not immediately go into seclusion. First, she saw Yan Ziji off, and then returned to the Spirit Pool Cave Abode to begin seclusion to replenish her Spirit Root.
Having planned for over two hundred years, all for the purpose of completing his Spirit Root and forging the Pure Yin Great Luo Golden Core, he is now only one step away from completing his Spirit Root, so naturally he is eager to do so.
Chen Nianzhi did not return to Qingyuan Mountain immediately. He asked the Old Clan Leader to take some healthy spirit medicine back for transplantation and also to take the spiritual shells back to Spirit Isle Lake. He himself went to the Earthfire Alchemy Chamber.
This time, the Chen Clan distributed a large quantity of spirit medicine and other supplies, many of which were no longer viable, so he decided to refine them into pills.
In the past few days, he had been refining low-to -Tier 2 pills, such as Spirit-Concentrating Pill, Stasis-Resolving Pill, and Origin-Breaking Pill.
Now his cultivation and alchemy skills far surpass those of his younger days. Coupled with the power of Tier 3 High-grade Earthfire, he can not only refine one batch of these low-level pills a day, but also achieve a success rate of 70% to 80%.
He refined four batches of Origin-Breaking Pill, producing a total of thirty pills. These pills were too much for the few Foundation Establishment Early Stage in the Chen Clan to digest, and many of them could be sold.
Fortunately, the Origin-Breaking Pill is Precious Pill that can break through the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage. Each pill is worth 1,500 Spirit Stone and there is no shortage of buyers. If 20 pills are sold, the Lineage can increase its income by 30,000 Spirit Stone.
It took Chen Nianzhi a full half month to refine more than a dozen batches of Tier 2 low-to-mid-level pills before she began refining Tier 2 high-level pills.
The Tier 2 high-grade pills he was going to refine this time were mainly of two types: Jade Marrow Pill and Qingyuan Pill.
The Qingyuan Pill is a pill that helps one break through the bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Late Stage. Each pill is worth about three thousand Spirit Stone, which is almost equivalent to half of Tier 2 high-quality Law Treasure.
With his third-grade low-level Alchemy Art, the success rate of refining this pill was already quite high. He spent ten days refining three batches of Qingyuan Pill.
The first batch of Qingyuan Pill produced four pills, the second batch produced five pills, and the third batch was a stroke of luck, producing six pills.
A total of fifteen Qingyuan Pill were refined. The value of Azure Origin Ganoderma is generally around five thousand Spirit Stone. If we include the auxiliary ingredients, the cost of one batch of Qingyuan Pill is eight thousand Spirit Stone.
Normally, refining three Qingyuan Pill in one batch guarantees a profit. This time, Chen Nianzhi averaged five pills per batch, meaning the cost of each pill was only 1,600 Spirit Stone.
The Jade Marrow Pill is a precious Precious Pill that enhances cultivation; after taking it, a cultivator's cultivation can increase by twenty years.
This "twenty years of cultivation" doesn't actually refer to twenty years of actual practice; it's just using the standard Foundation Establishment as a benchmark. In reality, it's roughly enough for Foundation Establishment cultivator to cultivate one level of cultivation to perfection.
Back then, both Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader had taken the Jade Marrow Pill. After taking it, Chen Nianzhi immediately achieved perfect cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Third Layer, while the Old Clan Leader also quickly broke through to the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment after taking the pill.
Over the years, several elders in the Lineage, including Chen Qinghao and Chen Qingwan, who Foundation Establishment earlier, have paid off their debts for the Foundation-Building Pill. Moreover, they have accumulated considerable merit during the Beast Turmoil and several Lineage wars.
If they were to exchange this batch of Jade Marrow Pill and Qingyuan Pill now, their breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage would likely be accelerated by several decades.